Battleground Pacific : A Marine Rifleman's Combat Odyssey in K/3/5

Allen, Nick, Mace, Sterling

ISBN 10: 1250005051 / ISBN 13: 9781250005052

Published by St. Martin's Press, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Battleground Pacific : A Marine Rifleman's Combat Odyssey in K/3/5
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1250005051
• ISBN 13: 9781250005052
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition, 1st Printing.
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 1.257 pounds

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Synopsis

A POWERFULLY WROUGHT MEMOIR BY A MEMBER OF WWII'S FABLED 1ST MARINE DIVISION

Sterling Mace's unit was the legendary "K-3-5" (for Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Regiment of the 1st Marine Division) and his story takes readers through some of the most intense action of the Pacific War, from the seldom-seen perspective of a rifleman at the point of attack.

Battleground Pacific is filled with indelible moments that begin with his childhood growing up in Queens, New York, and his run-in with the law that eventually led to his enlistment. But this is ultimately a combat tale―as violent and harrowing as any that has come before. From fighting through the fiery hell that was Peleliu to the deadly battleground of Okinawa, Mace traces his path from the fear of combat to understanding that killing another human comes just as easily as staying alive. He learns that bravery often equates to stupidity, leading to the death of close friends, but also that life goes on, with death on its heels.

Battleground Pacific is one of the most important and entertaining memoirs about the Pacific theater in WWII.

About the Author

STERLING MACE enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1942 and was stationed at Parris Island, Camp Lejeune, the Brooklyn Naval Yard, and then finally Pavuvu, before experiencing the toughest fighting the Pacific war had to offer, as a rifleman in K/3/5, at Peleliu and later on Okinawa. He was a consultant on E.B. Sledge's book, With the Old Breed. He lives in St. Pete Beach, Florida.

NICK ALLEN is the son of a combat rifleman who served in Vietnam and has been interviewing combat veterans for most of his life. He lives in Bellaire, Texas.